From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 25 14:12:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B852116A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:12:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ezrs.com (cm61-10-37-178.hkcable.com.hk [61.10.37.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE84143D41 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:12:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jobse@tintin.kau.se) Received: (qmail 17819 invoked by uid 509); 25 Jun 2004 14:13:36 -0000 Received: from jobse@tintin.kau.se by mail by uid 506 with qmail-scanner-1.22 Clear:RC:1(213.64.3.163):SA:0(0.0/6.0):. Processed in 5.902994 secs); 25 Jun 2004 14:13:36 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=6.0 Received: from unknown (HELO ?213.64.3.163?) (jobse@yapost.com@213.64.3.163) by 0 with SMTP; 25 Jun 2004 14:13:29 -0000 From: jobse To: epilogue@allstream.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040624162006.607614c0@localhost> References: <1088099449.25991.8.camel@hl63n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> <20040624151531.5e14d95d@localhost> <1088107825.8205.9.camel@hl63n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> <20040624162006.607614c0@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1088173150.742.49.camel@hl63n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:19:10 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: pkg_delete multimedia/mplayer doesn't work X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jobse@yapost.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:12:40 -0000 Hay On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 22:20, epilogue@allstream.net wrote: > though cd to the mplayer ports dir followed by make deinstall 'should' > have solved the problem, i just noticed another detail worth mentioning. > > you're using pkg_delete here. i do not believe that it accepts shell > globs (like * or ?). you might have better luck with pkg_deinstall -- part > of the tools installed by /sysutils/portupgrade, which i *highly* > recommend. Thanx for the tip. I just deleted all I could find with rm. I dont know if that was a good move however. "pkgdb -F" now tells me off. I've just been solving one problem about how to set up my graphics and sound modules but am gradually realising there is more to come. jobse